Steel interior for houses



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UNITED STATES DANIEL BRUHN, OF HOBART, INDIANA.

STEEL INTERIOR FOB. HOUSES.

Application filed. March 21, 1924, Serial No. 700,762.

This invention relates more particularly to an interior steel construction for homes. garages, barns and the like, whereby a. sanitary and iireproof structure is adapted to be easily erected without the use of lath, plaster and studding thereby materially re ducing the cost of building.

It is an object of this invention to produce a steel interior for houses and the like, wherein a steel framework is provided on which sheet steel walls and ceilings are secured affording a steel interior having a circulating air space between the walls. Said steel interior is fireproof and practically indestructible and is not subject to damage or cracking as is the case when plaster walls are used.

It is also an object to provide an interior steel construction for houses and the like, said steel construction affording flat smooth walls and ceilings which may be papered, painted or otherwise decorated in any desired manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a steel frame work and steel interior walls and ceilings for a building which may be constructed at a less cost than a similar building built under the old methods, since the use of studding, lathing, plastering are eliminated and since the time of erection is comparatively short as the materials for the framework and interior is all fabricated at the factory and shipped ready to be assembled.

It is a further object of the invention to pro-vide a steel interior for buildings wherein the interior trim may be put on and the doors, and window'- frames put in place at the same time that the outside or veneer walls are being constructed.

lt is furthermore an object of the invention to provide a steel interior for buildings whereby the interior decorating may be done at once or as soon as the interior wood work is nished, without waiting for plasterto Renewed March 5, 1927. y

this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the drawings and specification.

rlhe invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated. on the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan View of a house, with the roof members omitted, and embodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional viewtaken on line 2 2 of Figure l. y

'Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line '3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure i is an enlarged vertical section through a window frame taken on line 4.-4 of Figure l.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line 5 5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line 6 6 of Figure l showing' parts of an upper story structure.

Figure 7 Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a View taken on line 8 8 of Figure 2 with the sheet steel walls omitted. As shown on the drawings is a View taken on line 7 7 of rIhe reference numeral l indicates a. floor which may be made of any desired material and upon which the metal base plates 2 of a plurality of metal supporting pillars or pipe posts 3 are rigidly secured. The posts 3 are located in selected positions to be at the intersecting lines of the walls and of course are located depending upon the layout of the house to be constructed. A top plate is integrally formed or rigidly secured on the upper end of each post 3. The top plates are of ydifferent shape depending upon whether the posts are located at the juncture of two, three or four walls. The top plates may be straight connecting plates for straight wall eXtensions, angle plates 4, `T plates or cross plates 5 or of any other desired shape that may be necessary.

Secured to the respectivpf top plates by bolts 6 or other suitable means are a plurality of upturned metal channel bars 7. The interior of the house is formed by means of a plurality of sheet steel plates or panels 8 the upper margin of each of which is bent over to aflord a hook flange 9. Also integrally formed along the longitudinal edges of each plate 8 are apertured flanges 10 to which the flanges of an adjacent plate are adapted to be bolted. At the corners of a room or at'angle portions there are provided Wallplates 11 (Figure 3). bent at an angle at 12 to fit the corner and having a second right angle bend to form a longitudinal flange 13. The flanges 13 are adapted to lie flat against the flanges 10 and are secured thereto by bolts 14 or similar means. The plate flanges 10 and 13 are disposed at right angles to the wall plates and extend acrossthe wall spaces as'illustrated in Figure V3. The upper margins of the angle wall plates11-12 are bent over to afford flange hooks adapted to be hung over the flanges ,disposed sheet steel ceiling plates 16.` The f lorl of the upper story Vor attic as the case maybe is laid uponthe ceiling plates as illustrated in Figure 6. To close the space between the ceiling plates 16 and the upper `ends of the wall plates a wooden finishing moulding 17 is nailed tothe beams 15 (Figure 6).

`Where required door Wall plates 18 are put in place and are formedand mounted 'similar to the otherwall plates. Each door wall' plate is cut out to afford a suitable opening of a selected height. Thel wall plates 18 on opposite sides of a wall have flanges 19 formed thereon which are bolted together (Figure 5) and form a door opening wherein a door casing 2O is fitted. Interior trim boards 21 are secured to the door casing and project over the wall plates A18.

VAdoor 22 is hung in each door casing where re uired. Y

7Vhere"`windcws are to be located sheet `steel wall plates 23 are provided and are Y ,constructed with upper hook flanges 9 and .in place. ydone as soon as the interior work or trim side flanges 10 similarto the wall plates 8. Each window wall plate is, however, formed with an opening within which a window casing 24 is mounted. Each window casing 24 is secured by'nailsto wooden strips 25 secured tothe outer surfaces of the wall plates 23 (Figure 4). Trim boards 26 are provided around the window casings on the inner side of the window wall plates 23.

After the interior steel construction is erected as described the outside or veneer walls may be laid or built and the roof built The interior decorating may be fis finished since there is no plaster to put "on and dry before the decorating can be i done as in the old building methods.

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It will be noted that a steel interior is provided for houses and the like which may be easily assembled from standard steel and wooden pieces so that a house may be constructed in a comparatively short length of The walls and ceilings are of sheet steel firmly reinforced 'by beams and by the connecting anges which span the air spaces provided between the walls.

The inner exposed surfaces of the metal wall plates and ceiling plates may be painted, papered or decorated in any desired manner immediately after the interior steel work is properly assembled. No drying out of the houses is required as in the case of plaster finished structures.

I am aware that numerous details of structure may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwiseA than necessitated by the prior art.'

I claim as my invention 1. A steel interior for houses comprising a plurality of supporting pillars, base plates and top plates on the ends ofsaid pillars, channel members secured to. said top plates and spanning the distances between said pillars, sheet steel wall plates, hook flanges formed thereon to hook over the flanges'of the channel members, longitudinal flanges formed on said Wall plates with the flanges of, one wall plate disposed adjacent those of another wall plate 'andsecured thereto, wooden 'ceiling beams seated in the channel members, adapted for supporting a ceiling.

2. A steel interior for houses comprising a plurality` of supporting pillars yhaving base plates and top plates on the ends thereof, channel members'secured to the pillar top plates, sheet steel wall plates formed to be hung` from said channel members and secured to one another, wooden members supported on the pillar base plates and to which the wall platesare secured, Wooden beams seated in the channel members, adapted for supporting a ceiling.

f3. A steel interior for houses comprising supporting pillars having base plates and top plates formed thereon, wooden members supported on the base plates, channel members supported on the top plates, sheet steel wallplates having the lower ends secured to said wooden members, hook flanges formed on the upper endsrof the wall plates and hung over the flanges of the channel members,

longitudinal flanges formed on said wall plates and secured to the flanges ofad jacent wall plates, in said channel members, adapted for supporting a ceiling thereon.

4. An interior for houses comprising a flooring, uprights secured thereon, channel members supported on said uprights, and

hooked Wall plates suspended from said channel members to form Walls.

5. A steel interior for houses comprising a floor, uprights secured thereon, channel members supported on said upright-s and connecting the same, sheet steel Wall plates, and hooks formed thereon adapted to engage over the channel members to hold the Wall plates suspended in position to form Walls.

6. A steel interior for houses comprising a floor, metal posts secured thereon, Wooden beams on the floor extending from post to post, metal Channel bars supported on the tops of said posts, a plurality of metal Wall plates, hooks formed thereon adapted to engage over the channel bars to hold the Wall plates suspended in position With the loiver ends of said Wall plates Secured to said Wooden beams.

7. A steel interior comprising a plurality of supports, flanged members supported thereon and connecting the supports, and a plurality of Wall plates suspended from the flanged members t-o form walls, each Wall plate having a hook flange Vformed on one end thereof and longitudinal flanges formed on the side margins thereof.

S. A steel interior comprising a floor, hollow metal upriglits, base flanges formed and engaged by said hooks to hold the Wall plates suspended in position, and flanges formed on said Wall plates With the flanges of adjacent plates secured to one another.

9. A metal interior comprising supports, flanged members thereon, metal Wall plates suspended from the flanged members to form Walls having air spaces therein, and means on said Wall plates for securing the Wall plates one to the other.

l0. A metal interior comprising supports, plates of different configuration on said supports, channel members secured to said plates and connecting the supports, said channel members being adapted to support the ceiling, and flanged metal Wall plates suspended from the channel members and connected to one another to form the Walls of the interior.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

DANIEL BRUHN. 

